The Young Lion

When Larson volleyed the ball into the goal, the arc of that amazing shot made the audience feel the visual impact and shocked everyone's eyes!

After Aldridge witnessed the goal, he put his head in his hands with a surprised and joyful expression, and then stretched his hands to the sky, unable to speak a word with his open mouth. 79 Read.

It was like Zidane's Flying Immortal, regardless of the importance of the game and the environment, in the drizzle, Aldridge was too excited to express when he witnessed such a goal.

Larson rushed to the sidelines and slid and knelt, his legs rubbed the turf and slid for a long distance, with a wild and confident smile on his face, and his teammates kept rushing towards him behind him, and they all used the slid and kneel action .

This goal made the audience forget about the rain, put aside the worries about the strong dialogue, and completely immerse themselves in the celebration.

Wenger was expressionless, but his whole heart seemed to be falling into a bottomless pit, unable to reach the bottom, which made him powerless and had to suppress the panic.

Larson's goal, after the fact, countless people must say it was an accident.

Indeed, given him another ten chances, he may not be able to score the same goal.

However, people will not be surprised by Millwall's goals in this way, thinking that it is luck.

Even the Premier League's relegation teams will always score a few wonderful goals that are endlessly memorable after a season, but such goals are often not caused by opportunities derived from a familiar offensive set. They all belong to the kind of world wave without warning.

For this kind of goal, even Millwall will always be scored by the opponent every year. And when Aldridge summed up after the game. And will not find fault with criticizing the team's defense. This is unavoidable. There are too many accidental factors on the football field, and no one can fully control the uncertain factors.

But Millwall has a mature offensive system and clear tactical thinking. They can score many wonderful goals and create scoring opportunities that are familiar to the audience. Or stop the ball first and adjust it and use ordinary push shots. In the eyes of the head coach, he often pays more attention to the process of creating opportunities. How to grasp the opportunities is only a matter of the individual ability of the players.

So Wenger doesn't want to admit it, but he has to face this reality: Millwall's ability to create opportunities is terrifying!

On the basis of player ability, when the perfect balance point of the integration of teamwork awareness and individual ability is reached, their offense appears to be quicksilver, but in essence they are frequent threats. Arsenal defends once, twice, and again. If it is purely defensive,

Maybe it's still possible to keep Millwall in check. But once they can't keep up with Millwall's speed in offensive and defensive rhythm, the chances of being penetrated during the transition between offense and defense are very high.

This may be the most difficult moment Wenger has felt since he took charge of Arsenal. He racked his brains and couldn't figure out how to restrain the current Millwall.

There is one method that is the simplest and most effective, and that is to pass a long pass, not entangled with Millwall in the midfield, and attack directly behind the opponent. As long as the striker runs fast and passes the ball accurately, he can overcome it simply and rudely. Millwall's defensive line, but in fact, this requires Arsenal to have world-class forwards and passers. If the pass is inaccurate and cannot grab the point, the long pass is just a clearance to give the ball to the opponent.

Precisely, Arsenal does not have such a type of striker or midfielder.

Wenger and Aldridge are like the same kind of people, tactical skywalkers, stubborn, unswervingly realizing their football ideals, so this kind of people will refuse to bow to reality, even in the battle of the trapped beast. In a bad situation, it's the same, Wenger, it is impossible for the team to abandon the original style, even if he can see that Overmars and Pires can hardly exert any counterattack power, but Wenger still will not change , There is a kind of persistence, like dignity, that can never be abandoned.

And Aldridge, who was directing the game from the sidelines, really didn't recognize his relatives!

At this moment, his mind is running fast, Arsenal is behind, and Millwall will definitely maintain the advantage if he continues to stick to the original style of play, but this is not enough, far from enough!

Arsenal will not allow mermaid flesh. When the butcher's knife is on their necks, they will resist and fight desperately. Even if their hands and feet are cut off, they will open their mouths like a beast and use their teeth to fight back.

What kind of changes will they make?

When the outside world talks about France winning the World Cup, Jacquet's classic tactical evolution of reducing forwards and strengthening midfielders, and Wenger's Arsenal winning the Premier League championship, what is it that strengthens the midfielder?

Fight back!

That side storm that was hailed by the outside world as gorgeous and poetic!

Hehehe, Pires, Overmars.

The corners of Aldridge's mouth rose, and he said silently: Pires with his left hand and Overmars with his right hand.

He stretched out his hands and closed his eyes, as if entering an ethereal realm, making his senses more sensitive.

A drop of rain fell on the back of his right hand first, and he opened his eyes, smiling even wider.

Then bet on Overmars!

Aldridge gestured to the players on the sidelines and pointed at Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho was slightly puzzled after seeing Aldridge's gesture.

It's not that he didn't understand Aldrich's tactical adjustment instructions, but he was confused: Why did he change back again?

When the game restarted, Arsenal took the initiative to speed up their attack, but just like the previous situation, the faster they were, the more impatient they were, the more uncertain they were, and at the same time, the more likely they were to make mistakes!

Aldridge paid special attention to Overmars' position, and as expected, Overmars weakened Dixon's defensive support.

This is not God's will.

Because Pires also weakened the support for Sylvinho, Arsenal want to attack, they are not good at anything other than side attack, Vieira and Pettit are both offensive and defensive, but they are never a breakthrough, they just Connect the supporting points in the middle of the attack in series.

Aldrich just made a choice, whether to press Pires or Overmars, God helped him make the decision.

Since then, Millwall's offense has concentrated on Dixon's side. It's not just Ronaldinho alone. Nedved. Henry also went to support, which forced Arsenal's midfielders and defenders to focus on that side.

Arsenal's formation and offensive and defensive system were completely disrupted. The right defense was full of dangers. Due to the high pressure, they could only clear the siege with a big foot when the defense was successful, and returned the ball to Millwall.

Petit made another clearance, but the ball did not go far. Makelele rushed in front of Bergkamp and kicked the ball back to the frontcourt with his arch. Nedved retreated and kicked the ball to Ronaldinho.

Five seconds ago, Arsenal had just completed a defense on this side. The midfielders and defenders were all concentrated on this side. The formation had just dispersed. Suddenly seeing Ronaldinho taking the ball here again, they subconsciously rushed over to defend again. But this time Ronaldinho didn't go overboard. He looked up for a second and kicked a half-high cross on the spot.

Pirlo, who was inserted in the middle, took the ball in a large open area of ​​​​the penalty area, feigned a long-range shot, and forced Adams to rush up to block him. But he made a false pass and kicked the ball behind Adams.

Larson shot out horizontally. Without giving Sylvinho any chance, he took a step after touching the ball and chose to push.

Compared with his first goal volley, it didn't seem to have any shocking power. The pushed ball drew a straight line against the turf and rolled towards the near corner of the goal. Seaman fell to the ground and threw his fingertip. When the ball arrived, the ball hit the inside of the goal post after a slight refraction, and it still rolled into the goal.

With this goal, he completely defeated the goalkeeper with a tricky shot angle, which made Seaman unwilling, but powerless.

Larson scored twice! Millwall scored another goal at the end of the first half. Arsenal couldn't resist the tide of attack!

Millwall can also play a continuous attack against Arsenal, creating a huge pressure on the opponent. Pettit's clearance ball may be due to the rain, or it may be a real drop in performance in a hurry. Who knows, but Millwall The calmness of the players handling the ball is admirable, Ronaldinho made a cross, Pirlo assisted Larsson, this is the performance of a top player!

When the first half ended, Wenger's face looked a little pale. He walked into the player's tunnel first. It seemed that he might think that the intermission time was too little.

Arsenal trailed by two goals at halftime. At the beginning of the second half, Wenger saw the positions of the players on the Millwall field and glanced at Aldridge standing on the sidelines in surprise.

Is Millwall going to defend?

The situation on the field seems that Millwall's key defensive area has retreated about fifteen yards. It can be seen from the position of the back line. At the same time, he is not in a hurry when attacking. momentum.

Is it two-ball insurance?

At least judging from the scene in the first half, Arsenal had no chance at all.

Coupled with the fact that Millwall is going to play away games in the Champions League, it seems logical that they will start to stay strong.

Arsenal are also playing in the Champions League, but they are playing at home, and at the same time, it is impossible for their players to think about the Champions League in a few days in their minds!

Although this is just a London derby, it is not as full of hatred as the rival derby between them and Tottenham, but with Arsenal winning the championship last season, Millwall won the championship twice in the past season, and the two are direct competitors. The Derby's attention, importance, game gold content, and direct impact on the league's competitive situation are all incomparable. It is a straight-up trend.

Therefore, Arsenal's players could not accept the loss. They were beaten here in the final game of last season, and now they were beaten helplessly. It seems that Millwall is getting stronger and Arsenal is getting weaker. Such a signal cannot be sent to the outside world, absolutely not, this will have a great impact on morale!

Without any instructions from Wenger on the sidelines, the Arsenal players started fighting, grabbing, and pressing forward!

if not?

Can Ibrahimovic, Bergkamp, ​​Pires, and Overmars turn things around?

Relying on them alone, even Millwall's midfield defense line cannot be broken, and even the goalkeeper's face cannot be seen!

The double defensive midfielders come up to support, and the full-backs must also come up to exert pressure. This is not to play against weak teams. Playing less and playing more can also create opportunities. Against Millwall, at least there should be no difference in the number of offensive players by 2 or more!

Millwall played tepidly. Whenever the ball reached Pirlo's feet after a successful defense, Arsenal's players immediately rushed to the backcourt to take a defensive position, for fear of being quickly counterattacked by Millwall.

But when they returned to their positions and took a look, Millwall's offense chose to play steadily, and Pirlo was not in a hurry to control the ball.

The consecutive offensive and defensive transitions did not see Pirlo passing the threatening ball or increasing the force of the forward pass. Arsenal's players did not retreat deeper when they returned to the defense. They chose to counterattack directly on the spot, but their thinking could not be unified. Some players returned to their positions, and some players went to intercept.

In the 60th minute of the game, Aldridge suddenly said to himself: It's time. (To be continued..) ()